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re: Sources: FBI Visits Baton Rouge as Will Wade, LSU Investigation Remains Active
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:35 pm to TigerLunatik
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:35 pm to TigerLunatik
Sources close to the situation have confirmed that this is the reason the NCAA hasn't announced sanctions against LSU football yet. The belief is that football, basketball will get paired with the recent Title IX scandal in Baton Rouge and the athletic department will get hit with the dreaded Lack of Institutional Control.
Sources familiar with the investigation say the expectation is a loss of 25 scholarships for football and a 2 year bowl ban.
Sources familiar with the investigation say the expectation is a loss of 25 scholarships for football and a 2 year bowl ban.
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Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:37 pm to TidalSurge1
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Wade has kept his job through it all, with LSU’s most recent season ending Monday night in a second-round NCAA tournament loss to Michigan. He was suspended and reinstated in 2019, after the Yahoo Sports report about the wiretap regarding Smart. In April 2019 he agreed to an amended contract that allowed the school to fire him for cause if he is found to have committed Level I or Level II NCAA violations, or if the NCAA infractions committee issues a formal notice of Level I or Level II violations to LSU involving the coach. He also agreed not to sue the school if he were fired over NCAA violations.
The NCAA has not yet delivered a Notice of Allegations to LSU regarding the basketball program. While awaiting that document, which could lead to Wade’s termination for cause, he has coached two more seasons. Last year the Tigers were 21–10 and would have been an NCAA tournament team, had the tourney been played; this year’s team went 19–10, reaching the finals of the Southeastern Conference tournament before losing to Alabama and then playing two games in the NCAAs.
In the wiretap transcript read in federal court in 2018, Wade and Dawkins mull the chances of LSU landing Koprivica out of Montverde Academy in Florida.
"So you said to me in Atlanta there was a 2019 kid I wanted to recruit, they can get him to LSU, you would have funded," Dawkins said to Wade. "Would you want Balsa?”
"Oh, the big kid?" Wade asked.
"Yeah," Dawkins confirmed.
"O.K. But there's other (expletive) involved in it," Wade said. "I have got to shut my door ... Here's my thing: I can get you what you need, but it's got to work.”
In June 2017, Koprivica posted on Twitter that he had received an offer from LSU. After the scandal broke open, the 7’ 1” Koprivica subsequently signed with Florida State and will play for the Seminoles in the Sweet 16 this weekend against Michigan.
In the second wiretap conversation with Dawkins, Wade expressed frustration that a third party associated with Smart’s recruitment had yet to accept the coach’s “offer.” The third party later was identified by Yahoo Sports as Shannon Forman, a fixture on the Baton Rouge youth sports scene.
“I was thinking last night on this Smart thing,” Wade said. “I’ll be honest with you, I’m [expletive] tired of dealing with the thing. Like I’m just [expletive] sick of dealing with the [expletive]. Like, this should not be that [expletive] complicated. … I went to (Forman) with a (expletive) strong-arse offer about a month ago. (Expletive) strong.”
“The problem was, I know why he didn’t take it now, it was (expletive) tilted toward the family a little bit,” Wade continued. “It was tilted toward taking care of the mom, taking care of the kid. Like it was tilted towards that. Now I know for a fact he didn’t explain everything to the mom. I know now, he didn’t get enough of the piece of the pie in the deal.”
Smart just finished his junior season at LSU, where he has scored more than 1,200 career points.
This post was edited on 3/25/21 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:37 pm to Che Boludo
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Do you mean when the cross-dressing, high society secret sex party Hoover was running the show?
Well yeah. As interesting as Hoover's love of women's clothes was, under him, when they went after their man they got him. Now, they are like the Keystone Cops.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:37 pm to Rougarou4lsu
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I remember when the FBI interviewed Bob Broadhead at LSU and he secretly recorded the session.
CRAZY DAYS AT LSU
PART DEUX!
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:38 pm to TidalSurge1
More regurgitated stuff.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:39 pm to secuniversity
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Sources close to the situation have confirmed that this is the reason the NCAA hasn't announced sanctions against LSU football yet. The belief is that football, basketball will get paired with the recent Title IX scandal in Baton Rouge and the athletic department will get hit with the dreaded Lack of Institutional Control.
Sources familiar with the investigation say the expectation is a loss of 25 scholarships for football and a 2 year bowl ban.
Then I guess I’ll hold my breath until about 2025 to see if any of this happens.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:39 pm to secuniversity
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Sources close to the situation have confirmed that this is the reason the NCAA hasn't announced sanctions against LSU football yet. The belief is that football, basketball will get paired with the recent Title IX scandal in Baton Rouge and the athletic department will get hit with the dreaded Lack of Institutional Control.
Sources familiar with the investigation say the expectation is a loss of 25 scholarships for football and a 2 year bowl ban.
Ain't no need for you to just make shite up.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:41 pm to BrerTiger
That's what he does though.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:41 pm to TigerLunatik
The FBI office IN BATON ROUGE must not have found anything, so they bring in an out of State office.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:42 pm to TigerLunatik
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So, your theory is that Wade was on the phone lying about the offer being rejected?
You do realize no money has to trade hands for it to be illegal right? Attempting to do it is against the rules too.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:44 pm to Fatboy22
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You do realize no money has to trade hands for it to be illegal right?
Against NCAA rules yes. But, there's no fun in just admitting that.
These hit pieces are just too much fun to just take seriously.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:45 pm to TigerLunatik
This is embarrassing even for Forde and this board
Why would the FBI be dealing with Will Wade right now? And why would Pay Forde never be able to get any dang confirmation
Why would the FBI be dealing with Will Wade right now?
And why would Pay Forde never be able to get any dang confirmation 
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:47 pm to viceman
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I know right? Not our father's fbi. Gone are the days of Hoover. Recent fbi faces include that idiot Comey, some slut doing half of upper mananement, and this guy
and latest fbi director
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:02 pm to TigerLunatik
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So, your theory is that Wade was on the phone lying about the offer being rejected?
No. But that an offer was made and rejected. Reasonable to assume that since the player signed with LSU, the offer was modified and paid. Just an assumption, but what do you think LSU fans would believe if the exact same fact pattern occurred at another SEC school.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:05 pm to TigerLunatik
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:06 pm to Che Boludo
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Do you mean when the cross-dressing, high society secret sex party Hoover was running the show?
Hoover was a scumbag of the highest order.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:07 pm to MrMojoRisin
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your theory is that Wade was on the phone lying about the offer being rejected?
No
Then you just laughed at the idea that the offer was rejected for no reason? Interesting.
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Reasonable to assume that since the player signed with LSU, the offer was modified and paid.
It is very reasonable and also reasonable to think that this is the reason that the NCAA is still investigating. It seems that they are having trouble proving it.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:16 pm to TigerLunatik
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:20 pm to TigerLunatik
Wade should have no problem at all provided he’s a registered Democrat.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:26 pm to TigerLunatik
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Then you just laughed at the idea that the offer was rejected for no reason? Interesting.
No. I laughed about the assertion that the Wade saying the offer was rejected as being proof that there were no rules violations by the earlier poster.
I do agree with you that I think the NCAA is having trouble finding proof. I think the delays in resolving are indicative of that. I think this is similar to the Cam Newton case in that it’s rather obvious what happened, but proving it is another matter. Similar with some Alabama situations to be fair.
Also, I think there are parallels to Ole Miss. Jump in recruiting from outside the top 50 to #4 in one year and a lot of chatter. But I don’t really follow basketball recruiting, so I could be wrong.
This post was edited on 3/25/21 at 7:29 pm
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